Chapter 294: Battle of Evil Spirits (Two Chapters in One)

Ryan didn't leave his mansion too far.

The reason why he left the mansion and went to check was mainly because he considered that the two strange little boys he had just killed might be two clones of a certain evil spirit.

If the other party came to seek revenge on him, Ryan didn't want his family to suffer.

Otherwise, Ryan's first choice would naturally be to protect his family's safety first.

In fact, this also reflects the lack of foundation of the Ryan family.

However,

During the day, Vieri took the initiative to ask to become Ryan's follower.

If Vieri helped to protect the safety of the mansion, Ryan would naturally be more carefree.

At the same time.

In the magnificent and magnificent prayer hall of the Temple of the Goddess of Munster.

Archbishop Gomes looked up into the distance with a frown.

After thinking for a while, he turned to a knight who was carrying a bright silver two-handed warhammer and said:

"This breath is ancient and evil. It is likely to be an evil spirit. The city guards and the night watchmen should not be able to deal with it. Brandul, you should go."

"Yes, Archbishop Gomes." The punishment knight named Brandul immediately bowed and led a team of Templar Knights out of the prayer hall.

Because it was late at night, with Brandul's departure, there were fewer people in the prayer hall, leaving only a few Templar Knights guarding.

But after a while.

Suddenly, Archbishop Gomes turned around and stared at the corner of the prayer hall, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows deepened.

"Who is there?"

"As expected of an archbishop, your perception is really sharp. But this place really disgusts me, and I feel uncomfortable all over!" As the low voice sounded, a black shadow also appeared.

"Who!" The four Templar Knights were shocked and angry, and immediately drew their knight swords and rushed towards the shadow.

But the next second, four huge black mist hands suddenly appeared from the side and grabbed several Templar Knights, just like grabbing a chicken!

For a moment, the four were suspended in the air and wrapped by the black mist hands. Their faces were red and they struggled hard.

"I wanted to talk to you more, but Your Excellency the Archbishop, I'm sorry, we have to hurry up, so we can only send you to see your goddess as soon as possible." The shadow joked.

At this time, Archbishop Gomez turned his head to look to his left, and saw another black-robed man appeared there. It was the other party who performed the shadow hand.

If Ryan was at the scene, he would recognize at a glance that the other party was Freeman of the Black Flame Cult.

Then the other one was actually about to come out.

"You two, don't you take the Goddess Church too seriously?"

Archbishop Gomez chanted briefly!

Then, he raised his finger, and four light blue beams shot out continuously, immediately defeating the shadow hand that trapped the Templar.

But this was not the end, Archbishop Gomez chanted again.

And where he was, the blue light was shining, and the whole person was wrapped in an egg-shaped energy shield.

"Second-level divine art 'Blessing Shield'? It's really difficult."

Freeman and Burriges looked at each other, and at the same time, they shot a wave of 'Shadow Shock' towards Archbishop Gomez! '

Suddenly, two bowl-thick black energy beams and the divine art on Archbishop Gomez had a fierce confrontation!

Although Freeman and the others were very strong, they were still unable to defeat Archbishop Gomez, who was stronger than them, in the prayer hall of the temple.

The two of them joined forces, and only made the blue shield on Archbishop Gomes shake slightly, and then it stabilized again.

Suddenly, a black spiral beam of light flashed across the hall!

Gomes, who was concentrating on fighting Freeman and Burrigs, two masters of the Black Flame Cult, felt a sharp pain in his chest!

He looked down, and his eyes suddenly showed an unbelievable look!

I saw that a fist-sized hole had been broken through his heart by something.

At this time, Exter walked out calmly with a smile on his face, saying: "Archbishop Gomes, I'm sorry."

"Just now, your witchcraft was." Archbishop Gomes said with a pale face.

"Yes, the third-level shadow witchcraft 'Shadow Light Killing Cannon'." Exter nodded.

Those who can break the second-level magic with one blow are naturally higher-level forces.

If he had not been promoted to a crystallized wizard, Exter would naturally not have been able to kill Gomes, the archbishop of the Goddess Church, with one strike.

Even if it was a sneak attack.

But after entering the crystallized wizard, it was different.

The sudden attack of the third-level single-body witchcraft created a one-hit kill effect. Of course, the effect of Freeman and the other two in front of him was indispensable.

The next second!

Archbishop Gomes' body began to decay in some way, and the shadow energy quickly spread throughout his body. He was seen shaking, and he could no longer support himself and fell down!

"My lord, your 'shadow light killing cannon' is really amazing." Borigs stepped forward at the right time, smiling and praising.

"Okay, you quickly destroy the defense formation, and we will leave immediately."

"After all, this is the provincial center of Munster, and there are many strong people." Exter urged.

In order to resist various enemies, the huge city of Munster has set up multiple defense formations, and the core of the formation related to resisting evil energy is set up in the Goddess Temple.

A few days ago, Exter had already planned it.

Using the evil spirit in the painting of "Gazing Eyes" to launch an attack, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Goddess Church. When the formation cannot be suppressed, the Goddess Church will inevitably send elite forces to deal with it.

And this time is also the best time for them to take action!

Now, everything is developing according to his plan.

Because once the core of the formation in the Goddess Church is destroyed, it is basically impossible to repair it in a short time.

Then, Exter's big plan on the day of the official awarding ceremony in Munster can be successfully realized.

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Ryan stood on the street and looked up.

At this time, he could clearly see that the strange shadow of the little boy hundreds of meters away was rapidly growing.

At the same time, the originally transparent evil spirit body has become more and more solid, and the terrifying aura it exudes is getting stronger and stronger.

At this moment, even if they were not wizards with super strong perception like Ryan, ordinary night watchmen and city guards could see the other side clearly.

This can be seen from the horrified faces.

In less than a minute, the other side's height soared to about five meters.

What made people feel extremely uncomfortable was that the other side was like a giant, but still maintained the shape of a little boy, and the girl doll in his hand was about three meters tall at this moment.

At this time, the little boy's evil spirit seemed to be impressed by Ryan, who killed its two clones.

The other side slowly turned around and looked at Ryan.

A huge pressure fell on Ryan with the other side's black eyes.

In an instant, even though they were hundreds of meters apart, Ryan could still feel an invisible and heavy pressure coming at him!

With Ryan's attention, the glowing long sword in his hand shone brightly.

He waved it lightly, as if a bubble was cut, and something invisible was cut open by a sword.

The pressure disappeared suddenly!

This made the giant evil spirit even more angry. It walked towards Ryan quickly, taking four or five meters at a time.

At this time, people who were awakened by the powerful and terrifying momentum opened the window and looked out. When they saw the huge and strange shadow of the little boy, they couldn't help but scream in fear.

"Monster! Monster!"

When the evil spirit saw these frightened ordinary people, it took a deep breath.

These ordinary people who were originally terrified fainted and fell to the ground!

The next second, a transparent shadow appeared on the fallen body, and then the shadow representing the soul was sucked by some powerful force, like a dragon sucking water, and rushed towards the open mouth of the little boy.

"Slurp! Slurp!"

Just like eating noodles, they were all swallowed into the stomach by the little boy evil spirit.

"Disperse!!"

At this time, Brandor had arrived with a team of Templar Knights. Seeing this scene, he looked annoyed.

He pulled out the silver-white war hammer behind him and rushed towards the little boy evil spirit quickly.

"Hammer of Punishment!"

The silver-white warhammer in his hand suddenly emitted a deep blue light, and a giant hammer shadow several meters long flew out from the warhammer and hit the giant evil spirit.

But the little boy evil spirit quickly blocked the hammer with the girl doll in his hand!

Although the shadow of the girl doll dimmed a lot after being hit by the hammer, the next second, an invisible shock wave roared out from the opponent's mouth!

Ordinary people fainted within a hundred meters!

Even the elite Night Watchmen and City Guards were no exception.

Many nearby formal knights and wizard apprentices also covered their ears with their hands, looking inexplicably painful.

"Banshee's Howl!" Branduer frowned.

I saw the Punishment Knight Branduer muttering something.

From the top of the Goddess Temple hundreds of meters away, a blue light column as thick as a bucket suddenly shot out and poured directly onto Branduer's two-handed warhammer, and the warhammer shadow expanded by more than three times.

The huge warhammer phantom immediately hit the center of the giant evil spirit's body, and after this heavy blow, a big hole was broken in the evil spirit's chest.

Immediately afterwards, with Brandor as the center, the ground within a diameter of dozens of meters began to emit a faint blue light.

As soon as the giant evil spirit touched it, the place where its body touched appeared burnt marks and made a sizzling sound like sulfuric acid corrosion.

The ordinary-sized little boy's clone rushed in from all directions, and as soon as he entered this area, he melted quickly like a candle.

At this time, many great knights and wizards came from all directions, some from the Sword Bearer Branch, some from the Duke of Munster's Mansion, and some from the departments and institutions of the administrative district.

The crowd began to gradually surround the giant evil spirit.

This made the giant evil spirit, which was having difficulty recovering, seem to give up the intention of continuing to fight, but turned around and rushed towards Ryan quickly, as if intending to kill Ryan before evacuating.

Perhaps because there was no interference from Ryan, it could be discovered later.

"Be careful, get out of the way!" Branduer didn't know Ryan, but seeing that Ryan was dressed like a great knight, he couldn't help but warn loudly.

With the metal transformation, the thing in Ryan's hand began to grow larger.

The hardened adamantium and demonized thorium in his hand began to quickly form a warhammer, and the outside was covered with pyroxene.

In an instant, a huge two-handed warhammer appeared in Ryan's hand.

"Hammer of Annihilation!"

Ryan jumped high, rushed forward, swung the huge warhammer from top to bottom, and hit the equally huge little boy evil spirit hard!

The next second! Time seemed to freeze!

Everyone looked sideways!

The nearly five-meter-high huge evil spirit, like the weathering of rocks, turned into grains of sand and drifted away with the wind!

"Such power!" Even Brando was surprised.

When did such a strong man with a hammer come to Munster?

Just as he was about to step forward to talk, a Templar Knight quickly reported:

"Lord Brando, the source of the evil spirit seems to be over there at the exhibition."

This made Brando temporarily give up the idea of ​​talking to Ryan, nodded at Ryan, and quickly left with the Templar Knight.

If the source of the evil spirit is not dealt with, it may break out again in the future!

"Brandur?"

"I seem to have heard of this name."

Immediately, Ryan's face was suddenly enlightened!

He remembered that Bishop Meistersheen had given him a letter of introduction, which said that he should contact the hammer master of the Goddess Church, whose name was Brandur.

"It seems to be a rare punishment knight!"

"The combat power is very strong."

"Especially against this kind of evil spirit, it is very targeted."

Ryan did not think of going to the exhibition, but stopped for a while and walked back to the mansion to ensure the safety of his family first.

At this time, Ryan looked at the system prompt:

[Congratulations, you defeated the strong enemy and obtained 4 gold skill points! ]

[Congratulations, your will (hidden) attribute has been improved! ]

[Congratulations, your Warhammer Wizard (Legend) career level has been improved! 】

The Warhammer Wizard (Legend) occupation level, which was about to be upgraded, was upgraded again this time, reaching lv7 (1421/5000), and the skill points and attribute points increased by 1 point each.

Adding his original remaining points, Ryan now has 6 remaining attribute points, 6 remaining skill points, and 9 gold skill points.

"Willpower increased by 1 point again?"

"This is a pleasant surprise."

Just now, Ryan had a vague understanding of the evil spirit's force field, but he didn't expect that the hidden attribute of willpower would reach 3 points so quickly.

It can be regarded as meeting the requirements of the primary annihilation force field, and the will attribute needs to reach 3 points.

The next morning, after Ryan got up, he looked out through the second-floor window and saw that the number of security guards and city guards on the street had increased several times compared with before.

Although he was a little confused, it should be said that the incident last night was handled very quickly, and some injured ordinary people could be appeased. After all, so many people patrolling would make the people uneasy.

Ryan shook his head. It might be that the Duke of Munster was furious.

After all, more than a hundred people were killed and injured last night. In addition to those who were possessed by evil spirits early in the morning, I don’t know how many people can survive.

After breakfast, Ryan said goodbye to his family and returned to the Sword Bearer Branch not far away.

After sorting out the things in the dormitory, Ryan took the blue and white war hammer and planned to set off for a trip to the Goddess Church.

He planned to let the church check this weapon.

After all, if there is a specific weapon, it is easier to trace the origin of the "ancient hero Monger".

At the same time, Ryan also wanted to know if there was a way for him to use this war hammer freely.

At present, it is still the same. Ryan held the war hammer in his hand. The war hammer seemed to have its own consciousness. There was an obvious sense of rejection, and it was impossible to use it freely.

"Dong Dong Dong"

At this time, a slightly hurried knock on the door sounded.

Hmm? Who came to see me so early?

Vieri?

Ryan opened the door and found that it was actually the Deputy Minister of Affairs Olena, but at this time, the other party should have just started work.

"Sir Olena, so early? Please come in, what happened?" Ryan saw Olena's serious face and knew that something must have happened.

Could it be that there is a follow-up to the evil spirit incident last night?

"Yes, Sir Ryan, Archbishop Gomes was assassinated." Olena's first words after entering the door made Ryan stiffen.

"When did it happen?" Ryan's face sank.

He also planned to go to the church now and let Archbishop Gomes judge whether the mark on his body can be successfully removed.

But only one day later, he heard the news of the other party's death!

This made Ryan's heart shrouded in a cloud.

"Just last night, when the giant evil spirit incident happened, Archbishop Gomes should have been assassinated at that time."

"Who did it, have you investigated?" Ryan asked.

"From the traces of the attack, the opponent should be a legendary shadow master, a third-level crystal wizard."

"But even if he is a legendary master, Archbishop Gomes should not be killed so easily by the opponent, right?" Ryan couldn't help but wonder.

He also had a little understanding of the strength of the archbishop in charge of a provincial affairs of the Goddess Church.

I heard that although Archbishop Gomes has not yet entered the legendary stage, he has been in the quasi-legendary stage for many years.

Moreover, the assassination happened in the temple. Logically speaking, even if he is a legendary master, he should not get any benefits.

"The other party does not seem to be the same person. Judging from the on-site investigation of the prayer hall after the incident, there are at least three different people's footprints, and the remaining breath also confirms this."

Olena explained.

"Three against one?" Renn nodded.

I see.

This is much more reasonable.

"The other party has grasped the timing so well. Could it be said that the evil spirit in the gallery was also caused by the other party?" Ren suddenly thought of something and looked up at Olena and asked.

"Sir Ren, you are so wise."

"That's true. Judging from the remaining aura, we can basically conclude that it was the work of the Black Flame Cult." Olena, a capable young woman, looked at Ren with appreciation.

"By the way, this time the opponent not only assassinated Archbishop Gomes, but also destroyed the core of Munster's defensive formation."

"Is it the formation that integrates multiple functions such as detecting evil and exorcising evil?" Ren asked.

"Yes, Sir Ren."

This gave Ren a vague premonition.

Yesterday, he saw clearly that with the blessing of the formation, the combat effectiveness of the Punishment Knight XX increased by at least 50% when fighting evil spirits.

Moreover, the formation restricted the intrusion of evil spirits into the aristocratic and administrative districts.

Now that the formation is destroyed, it means that the defense power of the noble area, church area and administrative area, like the upper city area and the civilian area, has been greatly weakened.

"The main purpose of coming to you this time is that Admiral Edward asked me to tell you about your mark. He will ask the Empire Guardian to help you eliminate it."

"However, this may take some time, and there is a high probability that we will have to go to the Imperial Capital."

"Okay, Your Excellency Olena, tell Admiral Edward for me, thanking him for thinking of me despite his busy schedule." Renn nodded.

After Olena left, Ren put the blue and white warhammer back into the cabinet. At the same time, he crossed his arms and thought in the room.

"The Black Flame Cult guys, is this a demonstration after the failed operation in Meister County?"

"No, it should be more than that."

"Because if the other party is purely for demonstration, then they should seek revenge on themselves instead of choosing to attack and kill the archbishop of the Goddess Church."

"This kind of behavior seems more like it has some special purpose."

This made Ren's heart sink.

“As a provincial city, is Münster not that safe?”

"I really don't know what the upper echelons of the empire are thinking about. Since there is a dragon knight as powerful as His Highness Menia, these cults should be easily eradicated, right?"

"Why let them make trouble? It seems that some things need to be speeded up." Renn shook his head slightly.

“Always keep yourself and your family safe”

"It seems that it is a good thing to let Vieri, Angus and Neolo join the team. They should be able to help with some things that I am not very good at."

Half an hour later, in Ren's room.

Renn made a cup of Yodon black tea for Neoro and placed it on the coffee table.

"Neolo, I need to trouble you with something. You have been in Munster for many years. Do you know where there is an inscription master? If there is a familiar inscription master, can you recommend it to me?"

Wren got straight to the point.

Neoro glanced at Ren with a strange expression and said, "Sir Ren, do you want to learn inscriptions, or do you have items related to inscriptions that need to be identified or made?"

"I want to learn inscriptions."

"If it's just an introductory study, maybe I can help?" Neolo said with a slight smile.

"Huh? Neoro, do you know how to inscribe?" Renn was slightly surprised.

"Well, he is considered an intermediate inscription master. Mr. Ren, you may not pay much attention to it. One of the foundations of scroll making is to master certain inscription skills." Neolo said with a smile.

"That's great, can you teach me now?"

"Huh? Now?" Neolo was stunned for a moment, but the next second, he laughed heartily.

"Of course! I think I know the reason why Sir Ren is so strong. Do it as soon as you think of it without any delay. It's a very good habit."

Faced with Naolo's compliment, Renn smiled and didn't explain anything.

I saw Neolo taking out a diary and explaining:

"This is the pattern of a primary defense inscription. It is also the first inscription that most wizard apprentices learn when they come into contact with inscriptions."

Ren looked at it and nodded.

Elementary inscription?

The level of complexity was basically the same as that of the 'Mithril Carved Plate Armor', but he could tell that the two inscriptions were different.

It seems that the 'mithril carved plate armor' should also be some kind of elementary inscription, which is not too difficult.

"Your Excellency Renn, I wonder if you have ever learned how to draw a witch formation?"

"Witch array? I have learned a little bit about it. It needs to be drawn with special ink." Renn thought for a while and nodded.

He recalled the days when he and the twin-tailed girl Veronica learned the witchcraft formation.

"That's great. In fact, there are many similarities between learning inscriptions and drawing witch formations. For example, they both need to be drawn. One uses special ink, and the other uses mental power to engrave."

"There is also the concept of nodes."

As Neolo spoke, about half an hour later.

Renn raised his eyebrows slightly because the system prompt sounded:

[You have studied inscriptions and your related understanding has improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill - primary defense inscription]

[Your skill primary defense inscription is improved, experience value +1]

Just when Ren thought that was it, the system prompt sounded again:

【Ding! It is detected that the host touches the inscription, triggering a job change - Great Armor Master (Extraordinary)! 】

[The prerequisites for the promotion of the Armor Master to the Great Armor Master are: 1. The Armor Master is level 5 or above; 2. The strength is 15 points or more, the constitution is 15 points, and the spirit is 18 points or more; 3. Independently forge any qualified inscribed plate armor parts. Ten pieces; 4. Master the knowledge related to inscriptions. The current conditions are not met! Failed to be promoted to Great Armor Master! 】

Ren was slightly startled, but his expression quickly returned to normal.

Sure enough, he had judged from the 'mithril carved plate armor' before that the armor caster's follow-up was probably related to the inscription.

This has now been confirmed.

It's just that Renn didn't expect that the subsequent job transfer would come so quickly!

Great Armorer

In addition, although there is only one more word "big", the Great Armor Caster is an extraordinary profession.

At present, the job transfer is not possible, and it is only the third condition, "Forge ten pieces of inscribed parts.", that has not been met.

In other words, as long as you forge the 'Mithril Carved Plate Armor' yourself, it means that you can change your profession to a Great Armor Forger (Extraordinary) at any time.

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Munster.

In the VIP suite of Axon Auction House.

After waiting for two days, Drake finally received a reply from his brother, the Marquis of Orenz.

Just a cursory glance shocked him!

I saw the letter written:

"The plan has changed, something big is going to happen in the empire soon, and the Bloodscalp Mercenary Group is on the way."

"According to the divination of the great fortune teller Eugenie Ribeiro, the ancient troll fangs indeed no longer exist."

"But the results of the divination also showed that Ren seemed to have used the ancient troll fangs on himself in some way, which caused his blood to have an effect similar to the blood essence of the ancient troll."